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A SUITE OF TWENTY-EIGHT LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS
MARK OF LOUIS LENHENDRICK, PARIS, 1747-1770
A SUITE OF TWENTY-EIGHT LOUIS XV SILVER CANDLESTICKS MARK OF LOUIS LENHENDRICK, PARIS, 1747-1770 Each baluster-shaped, on shaped circular base, with moulded border chased and applied at intervals with shells and scrolls, the stems cast and chased with floral swags and foliage, the vase-shaped sockets each with shaped circular detachable nozzle with scroll and moulded border, comprising: (i) A pair, 1747, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Antoine Leschaudel 9 5/8 in. (25.6 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; M e Picard, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 April 1992, lot 143. (ii) A pair, 1749, engraved with a crest, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Antoine Leschaudel 10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; M e Anaf, Lyon, 7 February 1997, lot 11. (iii) A pair, 1750, engraved with a crest below a bishop's mitre, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Antoine Leschaudel 10 3/8 in. (27 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 1 December 1982, lot 130. (iv) A pair, 1750, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high (v) A pair, 1752, engraved with a coat-of-arms with marquis' coronet above, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10¾ in. (27.2 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; M e Martin, hôtel des Chevau-Légers, Versailles, 20 November 1975, lot 17. (vi) Two, 1753, one engraved with script initials IDP, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high (vii) A pair, 1753, engraved with two coats-of-arms accolé, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 8 May 1989, lot 128 (one). (viii) A pair, 1753, engraved with initials 'JD', each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Jean-Baptiste Fouache 10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) high (ix) Two, 1754 and 1763, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high (x) A pair, 1754, each stamped with an owl, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high (xi) Two, 1755 and 1761, each marked under base and inside socket, the first with sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Berthe, the second with décharge of Éloi Brichard and Étienne Somfoye 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high (xii) Two, 1761, one engraved with initials 'IDP', each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Éloi Brichard and Étienne Somfoye 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 8 May 1989, lot 128 (one). (xiii) Two, 1766 and 1768, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge mark of Jean-Jacques Prévost 10½ in. (26.8 cm.) high (xiv) A pair, 1770, engraved with a coat-of-arms, each marked under base and inside socket, the sockets further marked with décharge of Julien Alaterre 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) high PROVENANCE Anonymous sale; Ader-Picard-Tajan, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 April 1987, lot 157. Total weight of suite 862 oz. (26,821 gr.). (28)